BLACK, Douglas John
| Service Number: | 426028 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 May 1942, Brisbane, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
| Last Unit: | RAF Conversion Units |
| Born: | Ayr, Qld., 23 March 1920 |
| Home Town: | Coorparoo, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk - Union Bank |
| Died: | Accidental, United Kingdom, 2 September 1944, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cambridge City Cemetery, United Kingdom Grave 14702 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brandon War Memorial, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Melbourne Union Bank of Australia Limited 'In Memoriam' WW2 Honour Roll, Pittsworth WW2 Honour Dead Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Pilot Officer, 426028 | |
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| 23 May 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 426028, RAF Conversion Units , Brisbane, Qld. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John William and Daphne Helen Black, of Coorparoo, Queensland, Australia.
WE MISS HIM MOST WHO LOVE HIM BEST. HIS MOTHER
Halifax II Number LW344 was on a Y training cross country flight of the aircraft by day when it flew into bad weather and crashed one and a half miles N.N.E. of Stamford. All eight members of the crew were fatally injured. Parts of the aircraft were found scattered a considerable distance from the main wreckage and none of these showed any signs of fird. The main wreckage caught fire on impact. A search was made over a wide area for the two port engines but they could not be found. There was no evidence to show any mechanical failure to the aircraft and the loss of the aircraft was due to the weather. The aircraft had become out of control due to icient for the aircraft was struck by lightening cuasing partial disintegration.
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